Giving birth underwater
Friday, June 12th, 2009
By: Kerry Grens
kgrens@whyy.org
The Birth Center in Wilmington Delaware focuses on giving women natural options for childbirth. With the recent addition of a specialized hot tub, the center is now one of the only places in the Delaware region where babies first enter the world underwater.
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Underwater birth is getting famous. Underwater birth means delivery occurs while the mother is submerged in water. In this method, mother and new born child are benefited. But sometimes child has threat of inhalation also. So one should take proper decision.